Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it.

  • -- Robert Brault 罗伯特·布拉特

我们所拥有的一切,如果不是生活或幸福所必需的,就会成为一种负担,而且几乎每天我们都在为它添麻烦。

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Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.

我们的文明仍处于中间阶段,几乎可以说是禽兽,因为它不再完全受本能的支配;几乎没有人性,因为它还没有完全被理性所引导。

Remember, someone, somewhere in some corner of this somewhat big world, is out there crying if you’re unhappy and is happy if you are! And you know who that someone is!

记住,在这个大千世界的某个角落,如果你不快乐,有人会在那里哭泣;如果你快乐,他会在那里哭泣!你知道那个人是谁!

Thinking about happiness makes us less happy.

想到幸福使我们不那么幸福。

We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

我们几乎不能恨我们认识的任何人。